diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 3748c6d4..93a506bd 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -193,5 +193,8 @@ fn main() {
     let git_hash = String::from_utf8(git_output.stdout).unwrap();
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={git_hash}");
 
+    let netplay_id = std::env::var("NETPLAY_ID").unwrap_or("gopher64".to_string());
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=NETPLAY_ID={netplay_id}");
+
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=N64_STACK_SIZE={}", 8 * 1024 * 1024);
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/netplay.rs b/src/ui/netplay.rs
index be11bb6b..5c08867b 100644
--- a/src/ui/netplay.rs
+++ b/src/ui/netplay.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl NetplayPages for NetplayJoin {
 fn populate_server_names<T: ComponentHandle + NetplayPages + 'static>(weak: slint::Weak<T>) {
     let task = reqwest::Client::new()
         .get("https://dispatch.gopher64.com/getRegions")
-        .header("netplay-id", EMU_NAME)
+        .header("netplay-id", env!("NETPLAY_ID"))
         .send();
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         let mut local_servers: Vec<(String, String)> = vec![];
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ pub fn setup_create_window(
                 let task = reqwest::Client::new()
                     .get("https://dispatch.gopher64.com/createServer")
                     .query(&[("region", server_url.strip_prefix("dispatcher:").unwrap())])
-                    .header("netplay-id", EMU_NAME)
+                    .header("netplay-id", env!("NETPLAY_ID"))
                     .send();
                 let netplay_read_sender = netplay_read_sender.clone();
                 let netplay_write_receiver = netplay_write_receiver.resubscribe();
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ fn show_netplay_error(message: String) {
 fn update_sessions(weak: slint::Weak<NetplayJoin>) {
     let task = reqwest::Client::new()
         .get("https://dispatch.gopher64.com/getServers")
-        .header("netplay-id", EMU_NAME)
+        .header("netplay-id", env!("NETPLAY_ID"))
         .send();
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         let mut dispatcher_servers = std::collections::HashMap::new();